I thank The Bridge for Cassandra Hemenway’s article about the People’s Health and Wellness Clinic, “The Game Changer: Health Care Even if You Can’t Afford It” (Dec. 21, 2022). As a healthcare activist and a friend of Dan Barlow, the clinic’s executive director, who has worked with him on healthcare issues, I know there is none better to lead this vitally important feature of our healthcare landscape. The clinic is one of the few that cares for those forgotten by our mysterious reliance on and reverence for the aptly misnamed “free market.” 

[Montpelier, Vt.] – Montpelier’s famous craft beer brewhouse will hold a special fundraiser early next month to support a local charity that provides primary healthcare services to Vermonters without access to insurance or a doctor.

Five percent of all food and beverage sales at Three Penny Taproom on October 4 will benefit the People’s Health and Wellness Clinic (PHWC), a 501c3 charity in downtown Barre City. PHWC provides family and oral healthcare services to area residents who cannot afford to see a doctor.